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omfg. i got this controller called the madcatz digital controller and the solder points are too fucking good. they’re real big and traces are really easy to follow. it’'s a psone controller btw
Where did you get it from?
Arrgghh!!
I’m about to give up right now. Went through 2 controllers already. The first controller wasn’t wired cleanly, thus it was acting up. When I tried to fix it one of the traces came off. This was a hip gear controller from Comp USA. The 2nd Controller i used was the sony ps1 controller, the old one without the analog buttons. I gave up on this one cause the solder just wouldn’t stick, or if it did it was really fragile.
Anyways, I still have a set of competition buttons (4 red, 4 Black, 1 1p button, and 1 white) and a competition joystick if anyone wants em, PM me.
Hey guys, new to this forum because I just built/modified my own arcade stick and I’ll help out anyone who needs it. I’m no expert and I learned everything I know by fooling around with pcb’s and wires and stuff. I taught myself how to solder and wire a controller and I taught myself how everything works simply by hooking up a psx controller in my ps2 and touching two ends of a wire to different points on the pcb. My point is that basically anyone can do it and if you want to enough you can have an arcade-simulating joystick in no time.
What I did was buy an already built joystick from my friend. It was simply a big box with the buttons and sticks already put in, but it was wired up for 3D0. I took it and cut off all the 3D0 PCB’s and added quick disconnects to all the wires coming from the buttons. Then I soldered wires to the PS2 controller and put quick disconnects on those as well. I simply hooked them up and voila, it works perfectly. If you guys want me to post pics of my “masterpiece” I’d be happy to, I just need to charge my camera up. It’s really ugly right now because the friend I got it from painted it himself without really trying. I already cleaned off all the paint from the buttons, but I still need to sand, prime and repaint this baby. I even plan on getting a friend to paint pictures of Ryu and Ken on either side.
SO basically, just saying hi aruond here, and I’ll just be another guy happy to try and help out some people who want the real arcade experience.
i got it from EB for 5 bucks, tho i found out it is impossible to solder to the points themselves so i soldered some stuff to some open trace i made, ill post up on how it went cause this is a good controller and the traces are really easy to follow as in there will be no confusion what you need to solder to and where you ground is…
if you want reallly really easy hack jobs, i suggest the sleek looking psx controller from wal-mart or target or whereever, they’re made for psx but it says on the packaging that it’s garanteed to work for ps2. The traces are about 1/4 of an inch, instead of thin copper traces.
And best of all it’s a new controller, I know it shouldn’t matter but sometimes controllers from gamestop won’t even work. I had that happen to me several times, and didn’t realize it until i’ve already hack it can’t return it. For the same price as a used controller from gamestop, you get a new one. Can’t beat that.
lol at the guy above me 's avatar. DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMNNNNNN
After trying many controllers I’ve found that the wal-mart mad katz series is the best. They have their up,down,left,right button copper areas as these giant circles with a simple split in between. This means HUGE solder points. I like to drill through my copper and pu the wire up through the PCB and then solder, and you could honsetly drill 2 holes on these copper parts 1/16th big and still have room to solder. They are enourmous. This also makes the ground really easy to find because it’s just the other side of the button.
Also, the L and R buttons are done with wires, so you can just snip the PCB off and solder right onto another wire! it’s really simple.
Finally!!!
I got my stick to work. btw disreguard my previous post about giving away buttons. I think i’m going to make that other stick as well. What I used was a madcatz digital pad from Kmart for 4.99 and this thing had some pretty big contacts comapred to the other pads i was using so that made the sodering a lot easier.
To everyone in this thread thanks for the info, and to those trollers thinking about a stick, just do it, you won’t regret it. Back to GGX 2 and CvS2 practice for me.
finally someone gets that lol
anyway, the whole thing is bullshit, so now my advice is do not buy the mad catz digital controller, the solder points you make will slip off really quick.
pics of my stick coming soon 
yeah i hacked the mad catz digital 2 but now i gotta hack a psx dual shock. if i wanna play sc2 on gc(i already reserved my copy lol) i gotta cuz i bought a converter n i only seems to work with dual shocks and 1st party. can’t wait for the picks itslog1
uh cool
yea, everything is done, i could not have done it without you guys. no seriously, i would be totally lost.
i ended up hacking a 1st party psx pad, no dual shock or anything just plain. it was ok, not as hard as some make it out to be, and if it matters: i can tell you that i bought three 3rd party pads and in the end they did not work. go figure. whatever that it worth right?
shit looks good, the box looks ghetto tho, youll see in the pics i will be having soon thank thanks:cool:
school starts in a month… until then :: have fun with my stick :evil:
i figure it’ll take me all of morning and afternoon one day to make another stick for a friend or myself or whatever once i get the parts. i would say total cost for the project = $60. (1/2 of cost of a MAS and you get it customized. not to put down MAS tho, i really like their products, but it’s just easy to understand that if you have the time and skill often it may be better to go custom) well that’s my score report… peace out yall
Yeah I had that same problem when I tried to play super smash bros with my stick…is it even possible to hack the analog though? Because I imagine it is A LOT more complicated than a simple 4 uttons layout because it has analog, meaning it detects all the little movements, there isn’t just up down left and right…
well when u play ssbm, u can select things with the d-pad but u can’t use it to control characters. this is prob cuz a d-pad is on off when it comes to direction but the stick change measure how far and how much of a change there has been but already know that. that’s how smash attacks are possible since u gotta whip the stick and a strong attack is just a slight direction and button. in other words, ssbm is on unplayable on a stick unless u want to figure out hacking an analog which would prob mean u’d also need an analog joystick… well look on the bright side, link’s gonna be in sc2 and can play sc2 with the dpad(which means converters will work for it!)!
When making a DC or Xbox stick, what can you use to cut a hole for the two memory card slots?
use a router or first drill four corners of a rectangle and use a jigsaw to connect the dots
Okay, first of all… what’s up everyone. Been a while since I posted here, I didn’t bother since I have other people to help answer questions and such. I hope to see some pics of recent projects soon. I’ll be updating my site with new pics of my 2 player project which is finally done. I don’t have the bottom painted or anything, but I couldn’t wait to have it finished, not to mention play on it with other people. I used 2 different PSX pcbs. One being a solderless and the other soldered work. Both works fine, without any problems and play the same. I used comp everything except the start buttons. I have a shelf underneath that I can set up my systems on and games or whatnot. A friend and I joked around and said that we can use that to put some tostitos and salsa dip on there during play and can add some cup holders to the sides (large ones) so that we can use to get our drink on. Perfect for those 7-11 super gulp cups … just kidding. I didn’t add any of that shit, but it’d be cool. I was looking for an old computet or something of the sort people had thrown out so I can use it to set up my TV/stereo system and that I can hook it up outside and shit.
Well, I guess my only question is. Where can I find that cable that will let my hook up my DC to an arcade machine or whatever. Thanks.
Can you go into a little bit more detail?
Okay, draw the rectangle or whatever the shape is for you VMU on the back of the box or wherever you’re going to have your VMU slot. He is saying drill holes on every corner (big enough to insert a jig saw blade into). Then Insert the jigsaw, then start cutting your rectangle going from hole to hole.
Me, I keep my VMU inside the joystick. Why remove it?
wat rotendo said
psx to PC converters
I’m abotu to get one from levelsix, but I don’t know which one to get, theres like 10 different ones, can someone give me a reference?
http://www.levelsix.com/playstationaccessories_cables.shtml
and my lap stick
yes, that is cushion on the bottom.